Over the past six weeks I have felt that this position might be too hard for me. I'm not like my husband to make people laugh but today I believe we have turned that corner by bringing the wheel back. For the first time in a long time there was lots of laughter and that made me feel really good. I have taken the suggestions of others and appreciate you helping me find what works.

This month we are celebrating 3 Birthdays, Kelly, Al and Ed's. Many wishes to you all. Congrats to Santa Maria Rotaract for being Chartered and Thank you for attending our meeting. It was a pleasure having you. This Sunday the 13th we are having a family picnic at Cees and Ilona's home and I would like to say Thank you in advance for being our host. I love all of us getting together outside of our meetings and volunteer work and just socializing. Another outing is on Friday down in Solvang at the PCPA to see Newbies. I know we will all have a great time.

Congratulations to Mario and Bruce for receiving their blue badges. Mario stated he was a little slow on getting his but very thorough. That's what we like about you Mario! Enjoy the photos for this month so far and check back to catch the rest later.

This month we started off volunteering for the 1st annual Jim Tefft Memorial 4th of July Parade. Thank you to all that volunteered that day. It was an amazing event. July 5th was my first meeting. What I'm hoping from showing you all on how to use the Club Runner website and app is that it is a great club tool. One place to put our photos, stories and events and now Blogs where you can make a comment and reply to others. I'm still learning this feature but hope to master it soon. Club Runner is changing and is really becoming that Social Media tool for Rotarians. On July 12th our speaker was Sam Cotton from Single Action Shooting Society. Amazing videos on how fast they shoot and how many shots are done in "seconds". July 18 our guest speaker will be Debbie Wilson with The Oaks at Nipomo, a Senior & Memory care home and on July 26, our guest speaker will be Frank Ortiz.

Upcoming Socials for August - If you haven't signed up and would like to attend August 11th is Newsy at the Solvang PCPA Theater. Please see Judy or Cathy for sign up. August 13 will be our Family Picnic at Cees Dobbe house. A sign up sheet will be going around. Please bring a dish!

I would like all of us to reflect on this past Rotary year and Thank Jeremy for his time and guidance as President of this amazing club. I look forward to taking on the task as President for the upcoming year 2017/2018 and know that as a club we will have Fun! One of the projects as a club we will be doing is planting a tree for every member. This request has come from our new Rotary International President Ian Riseley. I love this challenge because so many trees have died in our park and we as a club have another opportunity to make a difference in our community. Cees Dobbe is taking charge of the Golf Tournament and is already planning his first meeting right after our Winner Winner Pulled Pork Dinner Fundraiser. Yes, you read that correctly. I believe in changing things up and making things easier. We are doing Pulled Pork for our October Fundraiser. Richard Dale is in charge of our BBQ team and is looking to having our BBQ trailer fitted with cabinets and sink and also have a custom BBQ built for our club. One of my favorite things to do with the club is BBQing. There's nothing like having and sharing a great meal with others.This years International's theme is "Rotary Making a Difference" and our District theme is "Celebrating Rotary" Our club theme is "Cats having Fun" With a name like mine did you think it would be something different? I hope I can be that PURRRRfect Leader and I know I can because of all of you. I want to Thank you in advance for your input and guidance for my year.Kat